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saying that they are assisting the assad regime and the iranian regime has always insisted that assad stays no i think this is something that has to be agreed between the syrian parties but one thing's for sure flynt assad cannot stay after the massive abuses of human rights in his own country after you know there's a recent human rights report that says twenty eight hour years in syria have disappeared what what chance is there for us not to stay we all want to negotiate a settlement after this and i think this is for the syrian people to decide ok general we are told really running. from you i think in beirut which i think all let's say assad did leave what difference would it make there are still people there that are stuck in the middle of a sectarian war. first of four we will be do you do i want to serve and fooling i want to. if we say that the war on syria is a war on human rights and on democracy which countries in the middle east which are always things i wars on syria or support things i want on syria as a gun of oil companies the royalists companies that are headed to thir
saying that they are assisting the assad regime and the iranian regime has always insisted that assad stays no i think this is something that has to be agreed between the syrian parties but one thing's for sure flynt assad cannot stay after the massive abuses of human rights in his own country after you know there's a recent human rights report that says twenty eight hour years in syria have disappeared what what chance is there for us not to stay we all want to negotiate a settlement after...
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assad regime is unable to completely defeat the. sunni armed opposition on the other hand the sunni armed opposition is unable to. build to overthrow assad at the same time all we can see that moscow is keeping washington in check and we can see also regionally that saudi arabia egypt and qatar and turkey are are keeping iran in check and vice versa so it's essentially a stalemate i think that this conflict looks likely to drag on until exhaustion comes into play ok if i do so you're saying the biggest losers so far are the syrian people because outside forces are arming rebels. i think that the biggest losers are the arabs in general the arabs have been suffering from repeated wars in the region from the from from the one nine hundred eighty s. the lebanese civil war the iraq the iraq war the iraqi wars in the one nine hundred ninety s. then and now we have this so the arabs are continuously being undermined by these regional conflicts undermining their prospects for democracy for a forum for economic prosperity and until these reg
assad regime is unable to completely defeat the. sunni armed opposition on the other hand the sunni armed opposition is unable to. build to overthrow assad at the same time all we can see that moscow is keeping washington in check and we can see also regionally that saudi arabia egypt and qatar and turkey are are keeping iran in check and vice versa so it's essentially a stalemate i think that this conflict looks likely to drag on until exhaustion comes into play ok if i do so you're saying the...
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much to overthrow the assad regime in addition i would also add that israel is not preoccupied with syria at all it's mostly preoccupied with the iranian nuclear program you barely hear any any comments from the israeli government on the current events in syria ok or maybe they're just preoccupied with the round my did what do you think about that i mean even if assad goes what changes in syria and no one ever talks about that scenario go ahead i think the one of the important is the regional aspect if we have a proxy war in syria this is the war scenario i think iran is a master full of making proxies in countries it made the proxy in lebanon when there was a civil war in lebanon we had has will it created a proxy in iraq when there was an instability and mehdi and i think if there would be some sort of instability decentralized garman in syria iran definitely would make a proxy with their arlo i inside this syria and i think that's their war scenario that we can see but again back to a question that about what would happen if it goes i think first we have we know that the assad re
much to overthrow the assad regime in addition i would also add that israel is not preoccupied with syria at all it's mostly preoccupied with the iranian nuclear program you barely hear any any comments from the israeli government on the current events in syria ok or maybe they're just preoccupied with the round my did what do you think about that i mean even if assad goes what changes in syria and no one ever talks about that scenario go ahead i think the one of the important is the regional...
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the assad regime accepted to withdraw heavy military equipment from cities. that acceptance wasn't more in the media than underground. the assad regime agreed to stop shooting at unarmed civilians and asked her to very commit further on cnn, but on the ground were snipers that took out unarmed civilians. and the six-point plan culminated in a political dialogue. it never mentioned that assad with later consider stepping down. the problem to breaching the six-point political dialogue is all beside previous points have been violated. and therefore, the assad regime tells you they'll accept a cease-fire immediately and unconditionally. i can tell you with confidence that the assad regime as point arrestees. >> i think my answer to that and according to you is a critical threat. we cannot wish bashar al-assad to stop. we need to commit to what i think is really wanted. we hope you will follow that. we need to be credible. >> can i just correct i would like to tell you, now, it is the syrian people. the west is nearly accolade while the bond and it took them a lon
the assad regime accepted to withdraw heavy military equipment from cities. that acceptance wasn't more in the media than underground. the assad regime agreed to stop shooting at unarmed civilians and asked her to very commit further on cnn, but on the ground were snipers that took out unarmed civilians. and the six-point plan culminated in a political dialogue. it never mentioned that assad with later consider stepping down. the problem to breaching the six-point political dialogue is all...
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regime because the assad regime is very secularized and the alawites aren't and therefore will be a buffer against any sort of conservative suny state from developing in the arab regimes and sad as you said earlier in the aftermath the fall of assad if that should happen there would be much revenge against these minority who had supported the assad regime so that nature of the crisis has become very sick. whereas the opposition is almost entirely sunni-arab. they will put out an alawite or christian in some of the protests early on to try to show that it's not sectarian and it's more nationalist and therefore democracy and all of that but it becomes much more sectarian, almost all of that it in fact is sunni-arab from the leaders of the various military councils and militias and the free syrian are all sunni-arab and they are being supported by sunnis and turkey and qatar and saudi arabia. [inaudible] >> the prudently so. they been quiet during the whole arab spring because they are waiting to how it plays out and if they voice a position on one side or the other they could delegitimize th
regime because the assad regime is very secularized and the alawites aren't and therefore will be a buffer against any sort of conservative suny state from developing in the arab regimes and sad as you said earlier in the aftermath the fall of assad if that should happen there would be much revenge against these minority who had supported the assad regime so that nature of the crisis has become very sick. whereas the opposition is almost entirely sunni-arab. they will put out an alawite or...
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>> i think russians have standing behide the assad regime. their last clients, they're in the middle east. it's their only naval base in the mediterranean. russians always wanted to have access to the seas, russia is a landlocked country so losing syria and that space is a big loss but there's other elements. russia does not like the fact that syria's fall is going to create yet another sunni dominated state. russia feels it has a soft belly of sunni muslims. >> warner: in its own country? >> in its own country and it doesn't want to see sunni political excitement built to its which could resonate to russia. the russias are looking at turkey's piftd and turkey has come back closer to the united states and they're not krtable with that because they saw nato and turkey and the united states get together and take out qaddafi and they don't want that to happen again to another ally. last but not least this is also putin's primal fear that if he sets up a precedent of supporting an uprising and the international community to back that uprising, th
>> i think russians have standing behide the assad regime. their last clients, they're in the middle east. it's their only naval base in the mediterranean. russians always wanted to have access to the seas, russia is a landlocked country so losing syria and that space is a big loss but there's other elements. russia does not like the fact that syria's fall is going to create yet another sunni dominated state. russia feels it has a soft belly of sunni muslims. >> warner: in its own...
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theysed prode strategic advice to assad regime. nowadays, they are even leading operations. >> narrator: opposing iran is saudi arabia, which is backing the sunni rebels. >> the rivalry between saudi arabia and tehran had started long before the syrian uprising. and now with the syrian uprising, the saudi government saw this as an opportunity to deal a mortal blow to iran. and they have carved that niche in this conflict by sending weapons and money to the rebels. (chanting) (explosion) but as long as they have the iranian support, i think this regime can continue to fight for some time. >> the potential for it to turn into a very dark and tough sectarian fight, the way it did in lebanon and iraq, is very high. and the regime has made it very clear that, "we're not going anywhere. and we're going to fight to the end. and if you want to take us on, you have to be prepared to sacrifice everything, and you may not win." it's hard to see where this ends. (gunfire) >> frontline continues online with more frguardian reporter ghaith abdul
theysed prode strategic advice to assad regime. nowadays, they are even leading operations. >> narrator: opposing iran is saudi arabia, which is backing the sunni rebels. >> the rivalry between saudi arabia and tehran had started long before the syrian uprising. and now with the syrian uprising, the saudi government saw this as an opportunity to deal a mortal blow to iran. and they have carved that niche in this conflict by sending weapons and money to the rebels. (chanting)...
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in july 2011, the assad regime showed contempt by orchestrating a mob attack on u.s. embassy in damascus and these and other threats lead to eventual withdrawal of of the u.s. ambassador. for his own protection. three rounds of incrementally escalate banking sanctions before president obama finally called for a side to step in 2011. when it became clear that this naÏve approach had failed, they outsourced the syria policy to the united nations where russia easily could block effective action. the administration opted to support the non-peace plan which was doomed to fail that was put in place last april. no outside force is capable of imposing peace in syria as long as the power struggle, struggle to the death will intensify between the assad regime and the opposition respond. they provided the illusion of progress resolving serious increasingly bloody conflict, but does little to slow assad's killing machine. this ludicrously timing initially and this is russia's insistence. initially they were only 40 observers deployed in a country that is bigger than the state of
in july 2011, the assad regime showed contempt by orchestrating a mob attack on u.s. embassy in damascus and these and other threats lead to eventual withdrawal of of the u.s. ambassador. for his own protection. three rounds of incrementally escalate banking sanctions before president obama finally called for a side to step in 2011. when it became clear that this naÏve approach had failed, they outsourced the syria policy to the united nations where russia easily could block effective action....
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in july 2011 the assad regime showed his contempt for u.s. policy by orchestrating an attack on the u.s. embassy in damascus and these and other threats lead to the eventual withdrawal of the u.s. ambassador for his own protection. three rounds of incrementally escalating sanctions before president obama finally called for assad to step down in august 2011 when it became clear this approach to assad had failed in its administration outsourced basiri a policy to the united nations where russia easily brought effective action. the administration opted to support the nonprofit peace plan which was doomed to fail as soon as it was put in place last april. no outside force forces capable of imposing peace in syria as long as the power struggle, struggle to the death i think, continues to intensify between the assad regime and the many opposition groups it has spawned. annan's progress but did little to slow it asaad killing machine. the u.n. observer mission was ludicrously tiny, initially and russia's insistence to 40 observers deployed in a coun
in july 2011 the assad regime showed his contempt for u.s. policy by orchestrating an attack on the u.s. embassy in damascus and these and other threats lead to the eventual withdrawal of the u.s. ambassador for his own protection. three rounds of incrementally escalating sanctions before president obama finally called for assad to step down in august 2011 when it became clear this approach to assad had failed in its administration outsourced basiri a policy to the united nations where russia...
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stayed from developing the sunni arab regime, that as you said earlier in the not, the fall of assad could be retribution and revenge against these minorities who have supported the assad regime. .. >> it is the very group that they want to see rise to power in some of these countries. in syria, it was a big dilemma. i have met with the israeli leadership on a number of occasions. it has been this way for years. he is in control of the country, but we know him, he is predictable, we have carried out some attacks and assassinations in syria, and they don't really respond in any sort of way if they can. there's so much power between syria and israel. you have half of the israeli theme,, we want them to have stability rather than chaos. or even worse, a radical sunni islamist state coming to power. the others other israelis have perhaps never liked us. particularly the support of israel over the years. they felt that, more importantly, it will emasculate and it will be a severe blow to iran's position. i think the israeli leadership has come around, especially once the international com
stayed from developing the sunni arab regime, that as you said earlier in the not, the fall of assad could be retribution and revenge against these minorities who have supported the assad regime. .. >> it is the very group that they want to see rise to power in some of these countries. in syria, it was a big dilemma. i have met with the israeli leadership on a number of occasions. it has been this way for years. he is in control of the country, but we know him, he is predictable, we have...
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some of them are refugees from the assad regime. on the other hand, there are islamists, and there are elements of al-qaeda who fought in iraq, and to get this right is very difficult. we saw how difficult that is in libya where one former senior al-qaeda figure was a security chief for tripoli, and, two, the tragic attack, and we heard from the president himself, he did call it a terrorist attack the next day. the tragic attack that took lives of ambassador stevens and three other embassy personnel in benghazi, there are a lot of bad actors in syria. we saw this bad actors going across the syria-iraq border killing our people there. among the hard liners of the brigade and the brotherhood. among of the foreigners, and so there's no scarcity of bad actors there, and while i'm not agreeing with the russian analysis, the cautionary note about ever so-called arab spring, the arab chaos episode in every country brings to the surface egypt, the jihadis in syria and libya, and bad apples in syria. everybody has to be careful and not to ru
some of them are refugees from the assad regime. on the other hand, there are islamists, and there are elements of al-qaeda who fought in iraq, and to get this right is very difficult. we saw how difficult that is in libya where one former senior al-qaeda figure was a security chief for tripoli, and, two, the tragic attack, and we heard from the president himself, he did call it a terrorist attack the next day. the tragic attack that took lives of ambassador stevens and three other embassy...
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the assad regime accepted to withdraw military equipment from cities. that acceptance was more in the media ban on the ground. the assad regime agreed to stop shooting at unarmed civilians and that sounded very, very well on cnn, but on the ground, there were snipers to take out civilians. the six-point plan, needed in a political dialogue. and never mentioned the assad would later consider stepping down. the problem to reach in the six-point political dialogue is all the five previous points violated and therefore, the regime will tell you that it will accept a cease-fire immediately as unconditionally. i can tell you with confidence that the assad regime is lying through his teeth. >> i think my answer to that, and i'm quoting here, it is a credible threat. we cannot wish bishara al-assad to commit. that is what i think we really want, to hope this is just for him and hope he will follow that. we need to be credible. >> can i just correct one other point. he said it is the west to assist the assad method down. q-quebec so you know, it is the syrian pe
the assad regime accepted to withdraw military equipment from cities. that acceptance was more in the media ban on the ground. the assad regime agreed to stop shooting at unarmed civilians and that sounded very, very well on cnn, but on the ground, there were snipers to take out civilians. the six-point plan, needed in a political dialogue. and never mentioned the assad would later consider stepping down. the problem to reach in the six-point political dialogue is all the five previous points...
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but somehow he is now the devil incarnate i am not trying to defend the assad regime but we get all our reports from the syrian observatory for human rights basically two people in london presenting only one side of the conflict first of all i think the countries must observe international law and international law prohibits interference in the internal affairs of a foreign state so the first thing we need to do is to make sure that other countries don't interfere with the situations in syria and libya france no doubt has sided with the opposition but what kind of opposition is it the opposition that enjoys wide support and sufficient funding it gets arms from saudi arabia qatar and nato countries and the us in particular as such the current situation can be described as external aggression against a sovereign regime not a civil war i think that the french government is biased i don't think it's trying to resolve this crisis in earnest despite a new government coming to power the wall and replace our cozy no major diplomatic changes occurred the reason is what i've already mentioned
but somehow he is now the devil incarnate i am not trying to defend the assad regime but we get all our reports from the syrian observatory for human rights basically two people in london presenting only one side of the conflict first of all i think the countries must observe international law and international law prohibits interference in the internal affairs of a foreign state so the first thing we need to do is to make sure that other countries don't interfere with the situations in syria...
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regime and they cannot get a un security council resolution to authorize these things and this may be you know setting the groundwork a pretext for a back door into military intervention because of course turkey then caught it can call on its nato allies to to assist and it's essential to the nato allies who would anyways do you know a military confrontation with the assad regime if there was a un security council resolution so now and there are questions about this is this the false why you know operation to to sort of set the ground for military intervention there's been many false narratives over syria i think this is just another one of the iran's most powerful body has called for restraint from both ankara and damascus as a strongly decried serious deadly attack on turkish sentence isomer in a fortnight has got the latest from the un security council in new york. well the u.n. security council agreed and issued a presidential statement strongly condemning wednesday's mortar attack by syria on a turkish border town that as we already heard as killed people in injured several other
regime and they cannot get a un security council resolution to authorize these things and this may be you know setting the groundwork a pretext for a back door into military intervention because of course turkey then caught it can call on its nato allies to to assist and it's essential to the nato allies who would anyways do you know a military confrontation with the assad regime if there was a un security council resolution so now and there are questions about this is this the false why you...
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regime if there was a u.n. security council resolution so you know and there are questions about this is this the false why you know operation to to sort of set the ground for military intervention there's been many false narratives over syria i think this is just another one. the un's most powerful body has called for restraint from both and qur'an damascus as a strongly decried syria's deadly attack on turkish citizens are. the latest from the un security council in new york. the u.n. security council agreed and issued a presidential statement strongly condemning wednesday's mortar attack by syria on a turkish border town that as we already heard has killed people in injured several others the council called on the syrian government to fully respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of its neighbors and the calls on all concerned parties to exercise maximum restraint a presidential statement issued by the council also demanded that quote such violations of international law stop immediately and are no
regime if there was a u.n. security council resolution so you know and there are questions about this is this the false why you know operation to to sort of set the ground for military intervention there's been many false narratives over syria i think this is just another one. the un's most powerful body has called for restraint from both and qur'an damascus as a strongly decried syria's deadly attack on turkish citizens are. the latest from the un security council in new york. the u.n....
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regime in neighboring syria dr hussein bazzi of the middle east technical university says however that rhetoric will not help him score political points. the turkish government has miscalculated the events in syria they have expected that the arab spring would be having the same situation like in d.v.r. like internees or in egypt or all the tatars believe but in case of syria turkey has been indeed in the last five years particularly very very close to syria bashar assad gone became good fellow says you want and suddenly this change of turkey has done here the policy what the united states of america and european union suggested and this is why he took his people do not support the policy of the government. georgia has seen some of its biggest opposition rallies today with over one hundred thousand people turning up will create lection demos in the capital and in the country's second largest city on saturday georgians will choose a next parliament on monday the anti-government mood has been fueled by the recent prison torture scandal which sparked mass protests and international condem
regime in neighboring syria dr hussein bazzi of the middle east technical university says however that rhetoric will not help him score political points. the turkish government has miscalculated the events in syria they have expected that the arab spring would be having the same situation like in d.v.r. like internees or in egypt or all the tatars believe but in case of syria turkey has been indeed in the last five years particularly very very close to syria bashar assad gone became good fellow...
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regime would be weakened so. you really don't understand your the most city that is in the west but one side trying to get rid of assad without a good placement for him on the other side being afraid that these groups would take all. of these kinds of weapons so it's sort of nonsense. to do this we are witnessing. syria and iran have been that the center of the heated debate at the annual u.n. general assembly well they're also calling for an end to some countries sidestepping the international body this is try to draw up quite literally a case for intervention marina but nyeri imports from new york. as world leaders gathered for the annual u.n. general assembly international anger over and islamophobia american film was still blazing in the muslim world addressing the world body u.s. president barack obama condemned the video nonetheless defending the right to free speech as president of our country and commander in chief of our military i accept that people are going to call me awful things every day. and i wil
regime would be weakened so. you really don't understand your the most city that is in the west but one side trying to get rid of assad without a good placement for him on the other side being afraid that these groups would take all. of these kinds of weapons so it's sort of nonsense. to do this we are witnessing. syria and iran have been that the center of the heated debate at the annual u.n. general assembly well they're also calling for an end to some countries sidestepping the international...
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regime they have also unfortunately witnessed. and have received reports from journalists foreign as well as local who are saying that they have been increasingly becoming targets of opposition groups in the country and again a quote from the reporters be our borders the news of syria's pro-government media are becoming the targets of abduction and murder with increasing frequency while foreign journalists are also reporting that they are being targets of death threats from opposition groups of course he will be keeping a close eye on the situation in regards to the journalist missing in syria. an opposition is being increasingly helped by al qaida related jihad ists the rubble say fighters from the islamist al nusra front help them to attack and seize an air defense base in the outside major city of aleppo jeff steinberg from executive intelligence review magazine says rebels growing links with terrorist groups should ring alarm bell for their foreign. supporters the syrian opposition is increasingly being dominated by the same a
regime they have also unfortunately witnessed. and have received reports from journalists foreign as well as local who are saying that they have been increasingly becoming targets of opposition groups in the country and again a quote from the reporters be our borders the news of syria's pro-government media are becoming the targets of abduction and murder with increasing frequency while foreign journalists are also reporting that they are being targets of death threats from opposition groups of...
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. >> host: what role does an assad regime play? >> guest: the assad regime from the beginning, 1970, when the father, senior, gained power, he was intent on bringing in, actually, the business community into the fold, even if in an informal manner to actually have the economy, after some years of serious marginalization of the business community by the same regime under a different leadership. what syria or the regime ended up doing is the summit of the book which basically ended up selectively networks with big business in such a manner that allows this state business relationship to mature and develop from the 1970s to the 1980s and eventually hijack the economy in the 1990s in what we call the business networks or cloning networks. >> host: now, who did the hijacking? >> guest: the state business relations, basically amounted to networks that ended up controlling the commanding height of the economy. of course, the state had the more strategic assets within its possession, but a lot of big business, individual business that are
. >> host: what role does an assad regime play? >> guest: the assad regime from the beginning, 1970, when the father, senior, gained power, he was intent on bringing in, actually, the business community into the fold, even if in an informal manner to actually have the economy, after some years of serious marginalization of the business community by the same regime under a different leadership. what syria or the regime ended up doing is the summit of the book which basically ended up...
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regime if there was a u.n. security council resolution and there are questions about this is this the false why you know operation to to sort of set the grounds for military intervention there's been many false narratives over syria i think this is just another one. but keeping up it's cranked on pro-reform protests causing more fierce clashes between police and demonstrators on friday tear gas and water cannons we used to disperse crowds weiland started after the funeral of a young protester who died in custody activists demanding equal rights from the shooting more nike and the release of political prisoners one of them prominent human rights defendant has gone on hunger strike. to attend his mother's funeral but was not allowed to mourn further with his family ridge obviously having a jail term for participating in illegal gatherings meanwhile c.n.n. reports and beyond believes that documentary on what's happening was censored by the net worth. paying c.n.n. to create content that shows bahrain in a favorabl
regime if there was a u.n. security council resolution and there are questions about this is this the false why you know operation to to sort of set the grounds for military intervention there's been many false narratives over syria i think this is just another one. but keeping up it's cranked on pro-reform protests causing more fierce clashes between police and demonstrators on friday tear gas and water cannons we used to disperse crowds weiland started after the funeral of a young protester...
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regime if there was a u.n. security council resolution and there are questions about this is this the false why you know operation to to sort of set the grounds for military intervention there been many false narratives over syria i think this is just another one. bahrain is keeping up its crackdown on proforma protests causing more fierce clashes between police and protesters on friday tear gas and water cannons were used to disperse crowds violence started after the funeral of a young protester who died in custody to be is demanding equal rights from the sunni monarchy and the release of political prisoners one of the prominent human rights defenders to be a real job is gone on a hunger strike he was briefly released to attend his mother's funeral but not allowed to mourn further with his family his job is serving a three year jail term for participating in illegal gatherings knew well former c.n.n. correspondent amber alert. thinks her documentary on what's happening in bahrain was censored by the. brain is
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the paramilitary groups that are frenetically supporting the assad regime, most of them are doing it just to make a living and protect the community. and also to lead gives their regime somewhat plausible deniability. and it in large measure the worst atrocities. you guessed control them. you know. so i think something could happen. you release of this type of situation, and it is getting more violent. the syrians are starting to do things that they had not done. they're starting to use their helicopters and bombs indiscriminately to the point where that does not become screwed the rest in the western media. unfortunately it has in many ways. and the new cycle covers something else. the elections to conventions, what happened in libya and so forth. you know, if something happens in the humanitarian level that compels the international community to act, that is when it might happen. he knows there are reluctant to do so. >> thank you very much for a very important presentation. you brought out some very important points about what is happening in the middle east purses' the last inter
the paramilitary groups that are frenetically supporting the assad regime, most of them are doing it just to make a living and protect the community. and also to lead gives their regime somewhat plausible deniability. and it in large measure the worst atrocities. you guessed control them. you know. so i think something could happen. you release of this type of situation, and it is getting more violent. the syrians are starting to do things that they had not done. they're starting to use their...
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the assad regime violated every point of the plan. the assad accepted to withdraw heavy military equipment from cities. that acceptance was more in the media than on the ground. the assad regime agreed to stopped shooting at unarmed citizens and that sounded well on cnn but on the ground there were snipers that took out citizens. it never mentioned that assad would later consider stepping down. the problem to reaching the six point of political dialogue is all the previous five points have been violated and therefore the assad regime will tell you it will accept a cease fire. immediately i can tell you with confidence that the assad regime is lying through itself teeth. >> i think also it is a credible threat. we need a credible threat for him to commit to any plan. that's what i think is really wanted. we can not just suggest for him and hope he will follow that. we need to be credible. >> you said it is the west who insist that assad step down. i would like to tell you no, it is the syrian people who want assad to step down. the wes
the assad regime violated every point of the plan. the assad accepted to withdraw heavy military equipment from cities. that acceptance was more in the media than on the ground. the assad regime agreed to stopped shooting at unarmed citizens and that sounded well on cnn but on the ground there were snipers that took out citizens. it never mentioned that assad would later consider stepping down. the problem to reaching the six point of political dialogue is all the previous five points have been...